Grigg - What you've described is what I've seen done at American Wheel Specialists. They have some old "widow makers" available in stock, or can use a customer's own wheels. They pull the centers and double weld them on the inner and outer joint seam. I've got some of their 19.5s done this way, and know of guys with 20" centers they've remounted into "lock rings" using this method. When I asked them about doing 22.5s they say they can but told me the limiting factor is rim availability. They've had trouble using rims wider than 6.75" because they rub, but say they have no source for bare 22.5 rims that narrow. I'm sure either Stockton or AWS could take bare 22.5s and cut them down the middle to narrow them, but it becomes a question of how much money you really want to invest.
It really does seem odd that Stockton would use different donor rims. I hadn't noticed it either. Do we know if Stockton started with new wheels, or could it be they modified used wheels? In light of AWS's statement to me about lack of a source for 6.75s, that might explain the different hand holes. Stu
Last edited by truckdog; 10/12/2008 3:01 AM.
